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US hospital paid $55,000 ransom to hackers despite having backups

17

Jan

2018

A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers.

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Alleged Fruitfly macOS spyware author indicted

11

Jan

2018

The mystery of the Fruitfly macOS malware has apparently been solved: a 28-year-old man from Ohio has been charged on Wednesday with allegedly creating and installing the malware on thousands of computers for more than 13 years!

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DHS insider breach resulted in theft of personal info of staff and people involved in investigations

05

Jan

2018

The US DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed that the “privacy incident” discovered in May 2017 resulted in…

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